Sunday Video: East Link Tunnel Mining Completion

Sound Transit recently completed tunnel mining in Bellevue for the East Link light rail extension. The mining operation was fairly unique for the transit agency since an alternative approach called “sequential excavation method” was used with project completion five months ahead of schedule.

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